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This guy should teach Good Parenting 101. If there's one universal cultural constant, it's fathers being overprotective of their daughters. Unfortunately there's one other universal constant too: dads being bad at being overprotective.

The official website for the second season of Yusei Matsui's Shonen Jump hit Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) TV anime has revealed a new key visual. The series will premiere on January 7, 2016 on Fuji TV and Kansai TV.

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All year Japan has been going Star Wars crazy, not least because a certain film sequel is about to be unleashed on the world box office. This has lead to a slew of products and tie-ups. Some of these have been very ambitious, starting with the Sta...

Global superstars Perfume build upon their impressive resume of advertising tie-ups with the latest commercial for Mercedes-Benz's new A-Class! The 30-second commercial features a new Perfume song titled "Next Stage with YOU" and features animated...

By Sato . December 1, 2015 . 4:45am Marvelous revealed the latest trailer for Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki's upcoming title Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni, which shows us a good amount of action along with a look at its characters.

A new Naruto countdown website has been opened, and this one will be leading to the "Next Generation," and also features the silhouettes of the characters featured in Boruto. Can you guess who they are?

By Sato . December 1, 2015 . 5:00am Bandai Namco and CybcerConnect2 shared the latest in their character introduction series for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven with a trailer for Enrico Pucci, the main antagonist of Part VI: Stone Ocean.

The release date for Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness has changed in Japan. The release date for Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness has changed in Japan. It was slated for February 25, 2016, but has been moved to March 31.

Tokyo Ghoul's author Sui Ishida is known for posting art on Twitter and recently he was getting emotional about reading shoujo manga from authors like Ryo Azuki, he then shared a tribute piece to Amu Meguro's Honey (or Honey So Sweet) from Bessats...

For goodness' sake, someone get out there and help Domo-kun! The mascot appeared at an NHK Trophy skating competition in Nagano, even taking to the ice in a special Domo-kun on Ice event. This isn't Domo-kun's first time on the ice.

The city of Minokamo in Gifu Prefecture, Japan thought it would be a good idea to try to boost tourism with anime posters. One in particular, however, will not be used. The poster in question features a character named Kocho Yoshida (above) from t...

1. Chris Brown Uses Anime Again and Proves He is a Weeb From copying anime style on his latest cover to getting a DBZ tattoo. Chris is not shying away from the anime. Read more on GoBoiano 2. 13 Short Guides That Will Make You A Color Expert Color...

The most recent Sega Nama Niconico broadcast brought with it a 15 minute sampling of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final's gameplay. See the extended preview of the sequel from Atlus below. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final hits Nintendo 3DS in Japan on Febru...

Nintendo previously revealed a new "Nintendo Account" service that aims for Nintendo experiences beyond platforms to operate a new global membership system, and it has launched today in Japan. The Nintendo Account will make it so that users can ea...

The Japan Times recently started its series of year end articles on the current music scene. Last week, Patrick St. Michel wrote about Namie Amuro's dominance among female soloists. This week, my article was released.

Several new movies entered the box office chart last week! Raintree no Kuni starring Kis-my-Ft2's Tamamori Yuta and Nishiuchi Mariya topped the charts, followed by Girls und Panzer der Film and The Little Prince.

An animated trailer has emerged for Korean MMORPG Herowarz, boasting a wealth of exhilarating action sequences made even better with the inclusion of some particularly enchanting women, but unfortunately leaving those wanting to see actual gamepla...

It is not hard to say that it's definitely not a roller coaster ride for "One-Punch Man" anime series. Saying that comes with strong conviction because it is backed up with excellent rating. In fact, episode 9 is rated with two A-rating and is des...

Croixleauf Sigma, the high speed hack-and-slash action title on PC by Souvenir circ. is headed to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, and Sony Computer Entertainment shared a look at the game in action on the handheld version.

The original Japanese broadcast of Symphogear GX concluded in September, but the Japanese home video release for the series is on-going, and to drum up interest in the Blurays and DVDs, the official Youtube channel is offering a peak at some of th...

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing an English language version of the Lord Marksman and Vanadis manga written by Tsukasa Kawaguchi and illustrated by Nobuhiko Yanai. The series is an adaptation of the series of fant...

Sailor Moon is the one show that keeps on giving, and sure enough there are brand new accessories. This latest Luna Leather Collection is a versatile edition to the Sailor Moon accessory lines, in which they are more functional and fit for every d...

The good folks from UK Anime convention Kitacon have just sent us details for their next event. Kitacon Karnival 2016. They've already revealed that it'll run from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd April 2016 at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole NEC.

The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Ototachibana's Shonen Maid comedy manga series opens today, announcing its main staff. The 8-Bit-produced adaptation will premiere on TBS and BS-TBS in Spring of 2016.

By Sato . November 30, 2015 . 1:00am Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace's upcoming "side-View" RPG Exist Archive has a variety of characters that gain immortality from an evil deity, that lands them in trouble with the gods.

By Sato . November 30, 2015 . 5:00am In Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2's latest trailer for the upcoming stylish brawler JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, we get a closer look at Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable's main protagonist Josuke Hi...

Hand-drawn art may be on the ropes, but it's not quite dead yet. For years, when anime and manga artists in Japan have needed a colored pencil, many of them reached for one made by Mitsubishi Pencil. There's probably a bit of home-country favoriti...

Dec1 Asking a serious question in lovely soft focus Ask, and ye shall be answered Relaxation Time? They always compose these officers like this Not a whole heck of a lot overt happenings in this week's Cavalry.

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